Drape hanger and curtain rod supporting device



v April 9, 1946. Q DQDEGGE 2,397,930

' DRAPE HANGER\AND CURTAIN ROD SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed May 28, 1945' Z17 w 9 j 94 I W I MK Patented Apr. 9, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEDRAPE HANGER AND CURTAIN ROD SUPPORTING DEVICE 7 Carl Dodegge, Maywood,Ill.

Application May 28, 1945, Serial No. 596,234

6 Claims. (01. 211-1053) This invention relates to a drape hanger andcurtain rod-supporting unit for hanging drapes, curtains, and likefabric window ornaments in association with a window opening.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel device forhanging drapes or like fabric window ornaments, and by means of whichthe position of the drapes, or like fabric window ornaments, relative tothe window opening may be adjusted or varied laterally so as to createthe impression or illusion that the window opening is substantiallywider or larger than it actu: ally is.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel device forsupporting or hanging drapes or the like in a window opening and whichdevice is simple and inexpensive in construction and readily adjustableso as to hang the drapes or like fabric window ornaments in the desiredposition relativeto and at the vertical side edges of the windowopening.

Another object of the present invention is to provide in each of the newunits in the invention a novel device for supporting a curtain rod andfor clamping the same in position of use.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel device forclamping the curtain supporting rod relative to each of the drape hangerbrackets which are embodied in the invention.

Other and further objects of the present invention will be apparent fromthe following description and claims and are illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which, by way of illus tration, shows preferredembodiments of the invention and the principles thereof and what I nowconsider to be the best mode in which I have contemplated applying thoseprinciples. Other embodiments of the invention embodying the same orequivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made asdesired 'by those skilled in the art without departing from the presentinvention and the purview of the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a window openingshowing a preferred form of the new drape hanger and curtainrod-supporting unit associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view illustrating. the

new drape hanger and curtain rod-supporting unit shown in Fig. 1 inposition of use;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail plan view illustrating a clamping deviceembodied in the present invention for clamping the curtain rod embodiedtherein in position of use Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan view,partly in section, illustrating a preferred form of one of the newadjustable clamping units for the drape-supporting bars which areembodied in the invention; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view, partly in section and partly inelevation, of the device shown in Fig. 4.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing, andcomprises a pair of similar drape hanger and curtain rod-supportingunits 9 which may be suitably mounted in association with and atopposite sides of a window opening as by being mounted upon ahorizontally extending upper rail I 2 of a window frame I 3 which isformed orprovided in the building wall M in which the window opening isformed.

Each of the new drape hanger and curtain rodsupporting units 9 comprisesa U-shaped supporting and clamping bracket or member I0, which ispreferably formed of a suitably shaped single piece of somewhatresilient metal such, for example, as brass, steel or aluminum, andincludes a pair of spaced, resilient diverging clamping arms l5 and abight portion l6 which interconnects the resilient clamping arms l5. Thebight portion l6 of each clamping and supporting member It) provides amounting by means of which the said member ID may be mounted on theparts ll-IZ as by means of suitable fastening elements, such as screwsI1, extended through openings l8 formed in the bight portion l6 of eachmember In The outer end portion of each of the clamping arms IS in eachof the members i0 is provided with an opening 19 and each unit 9includes a pair of slidably adjustable drape hanger supports orsupporting bars 20 and 21 The supporting bars 202| in each pair of thesame are slidably projected through the aligned openings I9 in theclamping arms l5 of one of the clamping and supporting members H) inparallel and side by side contacting relationship, this beingaccomplished by manually grasping the clamping arms l5 and pressing thesame together, against the force of their own resiliency, from theirnor- .mal and divergent position, as in full lines (Fig. 4), intocompressed and substantially parallel relation, as in dotted lines, Fig.4. The inner drape-supporting hanger or bar 20, in each pair of thesame, is provided at the outer end thereof withan inwardly curvedportion 22 which extends inwardly toward the supporting wall, as's'hown'in Figs, 1 and 2. a A pair. ofv spaced openings 21 are providedin each clamping arm [5 of each of the members In for the reception of acurtain supporting-rod 23 which is preferably embodied in each of theunits 9. The curtain rod 23 may be held in a selected position upon thecorresponding mem- V ber 10, and relative to the window opening I l, by

means of a pair of resilient and prefer-ably metallic V-shaped clampingmembers 24, one of which may be mounted on the inner clamping arm l5 ofeach member l0. Each of these clamping members 2G embodies a pair ofresilient diclamping arms 2-5 is provided with a hole or opening 26 forthe reception of the curtain sup ort ing-rod 23.

In the use of the new drape hanger and curtain rod-supporting units 9which are embodied in the invention the same may be mounted upon theparts H-l2 in association with a window portion of thecurtain-supporting rod 23.- This is accomplished by manually compressingthe re silient arms of the clamping member 24 between the thumb andfinger of the hand while holding the clamping member 24 over the innerclamping arm I5 of the corresponding member H], with the two holes 26 inthe arms of the clamping member 24 in alignment with one of the holes 27in the inner arm l5 of the member ill, as shown in Fig. 4, whileemploying the other hand to project the outer end portion of thecurtain-supporting rod 23 through the thus aligned openings 26 and 21.When the clamping members 24 are thus placed in position and thereuponreleased from compressed condition their resilient clamping jaws 25 willspread apart under the force of their own resiliency and will thus clampthe end portions of the curtain supporting-rod 23 in the desiredposition upon the members Ill and relative to the window opening ll.

yerging clamping arms 25 and each of these I dow opening which thedrapes border and ornament, and the vertical side edges of which thedrapes roughly define, is substantially wider than the width of thewindow opening II which is indicated when the inner drape hangers orsupporting bars are disposed in inwardly extended position relative tothe outer drape hangers or supporting bars 2|. It will also be notedthat when the clamping arms 15 of each drape hanger and curtainrods'upporting unit 9 are manipulated the curtain rod clamping members24 ride upon the inner clamping arms l5 of the members l0 and allow thecurtain rod 23 to slide relative thereto without altering the positionof the curtain supporting-rod 23 itself.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered inconjunction with'the accom- The drape hangers or supporting bars Zllan'd2! may then be inserted through the aligned openings IS in the clampingarms I5 of each member in by manually compressing said arms together,against the force of their own resiliency, intothe' position in whichthey are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Accordingly, when the clampingarms I5 of each member H] are then released they will spread apart underthe force of their arm resiliency into the position in which they areshown in fulllines in Fig. 4, and will 7 thus clamp the drape supportingbars or hangers 202l in the desired position.

Drapes or like fabric window ornaments may be suspended from the twopairs of supporting bars 2fl-2 I in any suitable manner, as by means ofrings slipped over the bars 262! and attached to the upper edges of thedrapes, or otherwise.

It will be noted that the two drape-supporting bars or hangers 20-2| ineach unit 9 may be slidably adjusted relative to each other and relativeto the window opening H by manually compressing the clamping arms l5 ofthe members In together, so as to enable the drapes to be folded orexpanded laterally. Thus when the inner bars 20 are slid outwardlyrelative to the outer bars 2|, into the position in which the bars 20-2|are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the drapes held thereby will beexpanded or unfolded laterally and will thus create the impressionthatthe winpanying drawing, that. the present invention provides a noveland simple combination drape hanger and curtain rod-supporting unitwhich has the desirable advantages and characteristics, and accomplishesits intended objects, including those hereinbefore pointed out, andothers which are inherent in the invention.

I claim:

1. A supporting device of the character described comprising a U-shapedsupporting and clamping member including a mounting portion adapted tobe mounted upon a supporting wall surface adjacent a window opening andincluding a pair of spaced resilient clamping arms integral with saidmounting portion, each of said resilient clamping arms having an openingformed therein and said openings being aligned with each other, and apair of parallel drapesupporting bars extended through said openings andnormally clamped in a desired adjustedpo sition relative to each otherby portions of said resilient clamping arms defining the peripheraledges of the said openings therein, said drapesupporting b'ars beingslidably adjustable relative to each other and transversely relative tothe said resilient clamping arms by manually compressing the saidclamping arms toward each other against the force of their ownresiliency.

2. A supporting device as defined in claim 1 in which'the said mountingportion of said U- shaped supporting and clamping member is the bightportion thereof extending between and integrally connected to the saidresilient clampin arms at the inner ends of the latter. 3. A supportingdevice as defined in claim 1 in which the said mounting portion of saidU- shaped supporting and clamping member is the bight portion thereofextending between and integrally connected to the said resilientclamping arms at the inner ends of the latter, and in which the saidbight portion of said U-shaped supporting and clamping member isprovided with openings for the reception of fastening elements by meansof which said U-shaped supportingand clamping member may be fastened tosaid supporting wall surface.

4. A supporting device as defined in claim 1 in which each of saidresilient clamping arms is provided with an opening for the reception ofa curtain supporting rod,

' 5. A supporting device as defined in claim 1 in which each of saidresilient clamping armsis provided with an opening for the reception ofa, curtain supporting rod, and in which a V- shaped curtain rod clampingmember is mounted astride the inner resilient clamping arm of each ofsaid U-shaped supporting members and in which each of said V-shapedclamping members includes a pair of resilient clamping arms arranged onopposite sides of the said inner resilient arm of the said U-shapedsupporting and clamping member on which the said V-shaped curtain rodsupporting member is mounted and in which each of the resilient arms ofeach of said V-shaped curtain rod clamping members is provided with anopening disposed in alignment with the said opening in the said innerresilient clamping arm of said U-shaped supporting and clamping memberfor the reception of a portion of a curtain-supporting rod extendedtherethrough.

6. A device of the character described comprising a supporting memberhaving an attaching portion adapted to be attached to a supporting wallsurface adjacent a window opening V-shaped clamping member beingdisposed in alignment with each other and with the said opening in thesaid supporting arm for the reception of a curtain rod extendedtherethrough.

CARL DODEGGE.

